Falls in the elderly are a major source of injury resulting in disability and hospitalization.
They have a signiicant impact on individual basis (loss of quality of live, nursing home …

Background Regional anesthesia is known to prevent or attenuate the surgical stress
response; therefore, inhibiting surgical stress by paravertebral anesthesia might attenuate …

Greece is the country of “Xenios Zeus”, the Ancient Greek god of foreigners and hospitality;
however, it is also the main point of entry to Europe. Since the beginning of 2014, 1,112,332 …

Background A major cause of morbidity and mortality after blunt chest trauma remains
undetected injuries. This study evaluates the role of routine computed tomographic (CT) …

Four decades of civil war, violence, and destabilisation have forced millions of Afghans to
flee their homes and to move to other countries worldwide. This increasing phenomenon …

This is a European cohort study on predictors of spinal injury in adult (≥ 16 years) major
trauma patients, using prospectively collected data of the Trauma Audit and Research …

BACKGROUND: Patients with cervical spine injuries are a high-risk group, with the highest
reported early mortality rate in spinal trauma. METHODS: This cohort study investigated …

OBJECTIVE: Dysnatremias are common in critically ill patients and associated with adverse
outcomes, but their incidence, nature, and treatment rarely have been studied systematically …

Objective: To evaluate fracture patterns in bicondylar tibial plateau fractures and their impact
on treatment strategy. Design: Prospective data analysis with documentation of initial injury …

Hypothesis: Early recognition of coagulopathy may improve the care of patients with multiple
injuries. Rapid thrombelastography (RapidTEG) is a new variant of thrombelastography …